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Love is the most powerful force in the world.

Dallin H. Oaks

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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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Those who enjoy the blessings of liberty under a divinely inspired constitution should promote morality, and they should practice what the Founding Fathers called civic virtue.
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It's wrong to criticize leaders of the Church, even if the criticism is true.
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I say, choose faith. Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism.
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Our earliest efforts will be heard with joy by our Heavenly Father, however they are phrased.
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And young women, please understand that if you dress immodestly, you are magnifying this problem by becoming pornography to some of the men who see you.
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Most angelic communications are felt or heard rather than seen.
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Alcohol is the number one addictive drug in our day.
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The ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children and our posterity.
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Our society is not held together primarily by law and its enforcement but most importantly by those who voluntarily obey the unenforceable because of their internalized norms of righteous or correct behavior. Religious belief in right and wrong is a vital influence to produce such voluntary compliance by a large number of our citizens.
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President Lorenzo Snow declared that it is the grand privilege of every Latter-day Saint . . . to have the manifestations of the spirit every day of our lives.
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We are all preparing for things to come. That is the purpose of mortal life. ... We are all children of a Heavenly Father who has sent us to earth with the invitation to prepare for eternal life. Every choice, every experience, every repentance and reformation prepares us for what is to come.
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We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it.
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Having descended beneath it all, He is perfectly positioned to lift us.
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As children of God, knowing of His great love and His ultimate knowledge of what is best for our eternal welfare, we trust in Him. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and faith means trust.
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When we undertake to cover our sins, . . . behold, the heavens withdraw themselves the Spirit of the Lord is grieved and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man
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You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.
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When we have a vision of what we can become, our desire and our power to act increase enormously.
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God loves all of His children. He has provided a plan for His children to enjoy the choicest blessings that He has to offer in eternity. Those choicest blessings are associated with marriage between a man and a woman by appropriate priesthood authority to bring together a family unit for creation and happiness in this life and in the life to come.
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Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.
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We are cast as combatants in the war between truth and error. There is no middle ground. We must stand up for truth, even while we practice tolerance and respect for beliefs and ideas different from our own and for the people who hold them.
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